The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-25
MONTANA CONDENSED.
| From Our Territorial Exchanges, and
| Other Sources.

Emma Abbott, the queen OF opera, Is at
Butte this week.
Cattle on the Boulder are said to be
in poor condition.
A Stevcnsvilie s!,cepman lost 700 head
Of sheep last week.
The burned district at Anaconda is al
ready being bni, up.
Townsend has a new postmaster in the
person "f john league.
Cattle interests have not suffered ma.
teraiy in Deer Lodge valley.
Marcus Daily has purchased the race
mare, Lady Prenitt, for $1,000.
The finishing touches arc being put on
the ucw court house at Helena.
The Cen,ervile Mining 1o2yxai will
soon be issued as semi weekly.
Progressive cuchrc and luncheon parties
are, just now. the fashion in Butte.
Half Of the furnaces OF the Anaconda
smelter wcr. started up Sunday night.
Pontet 4 Gallagher, wholesale and re.
tail liquor dealers at Glendivc have failed.
Orsin Rafferty, broke his leg last week
while riding broncho near Virginia
City.
The Yellowstone hotel, at Glendivc,
had a narrow escape from destruction by
fire las, week.
There is no sugar at Cooke City, and
they can not get any until some Of the
! snow goes off.
Several mills oi Butte were compelled
to shut down last Saturday ON account Of
running out oi salt.
The Anaconda Ancient Order Of For
rosters will; give their annual ball at the
skating rink ON March 4,h.
Last week Il snow plow ON the N. r.
ran into bard of sheep at Elton and
| killed and MANNED $50 Of them.
The Benton g. Billings Stage Company
is the style Of the new company operating
| the line from Benton to Billings.
The Missoula Mercantile company last
week distributed over $4,000 extra among
their employees AS recognition Of their
faithful services Times.
A number Of our woolgrowcrs arc short
OF hay and are losing heavily on that &C.
count. II is safe to say they will never be
caught that way again.-4i'g~s.
! Reports from the stock ranges are more
cheering than they have been for some
time past. Cattle arc said to be doing fair
~ we'll in this county now.~-Mad;sosias
Edward Sweeney, night watchman at
the 81. Lawrence mine near Butte, was
shot in the back Saturday morning by al
unknown man. The wound will not prove
fatal.
Vegetables of all kinds are mighty
scarce this winter. There arc no pota-
toes In town for sale, and private ia.nilies
arc running on short allowancc--Ri,sr
Press.
Err. Hamilton, who is operating a mine
OH Beaver creek, Jefferson county, recently
shipped seventeen tons OF ore to the reduc
ton works at Wickcs and received there.
FOR $1,3os net.
\ short time ago General Manager Cal
laway stated to a ReSve.v representative his
intention @! extending the Utah T. North
ern railroad west OF Anaconda to Phillips
burg early in tho spring.
Billy Bacon, brakeman ON the Yellow
stone division of the n. =. was killed at
Forsyth, last week, by catching his foot in
frog and being run over by freight
train. One hip Joint was wcdged SO tight.
~ ir the frog groove that it had to be
pricd out with crowbar.
! Boulder Sentinel: There are indications
Of mining boom AZ this place next sum
ncr. Several good prospects are being
developed with good success. The East
Pacific mine is shipping three Car loads OF
ore per month. The owners arc realizing
| 900 per car clear Of all expenses.
! Great Fail, I;ibunr: The condition at
Benton is becoming more serious every
day, and the suffering among all classes, ii
| the present weather continues much long,
cr, must necessarily be intense. Families
are now clubbing together and occupying
! the larger houses to save fuel, while the
quantity Of provisions are now reduced to
Il minimum, with no chance Of gett;n. any
Press, which is 10th to acknowledge facts